There is a thread for shows that people expected to like and didn't. This thread is for shows that you expected to dislike but were willing to try out and liked.

Smash is one for me. I watched the pilot and thought this looks OK. I collected all of the season but a few shows that had not been aired yet. I am throughly enjoying it. I know nothing about Broadway and the names they drop. Ironically, they dropped the name Neaderlander and then an ad came up for a musical that will be playing in Los Angeles, a Neaderlander production. So they are dropping real names.

Missing is another one. The premise sounds lame but I stuck with it after the pilot and enjoy it. I am hoping it comes to a conclusion since it has been canceled.

Glee - my sister was watching an episode. I ended up catching up using Netflix and then a basic cable channel repeated the entire run. I don't enjoy it as much as at first but still do.

I didn't actually expect to HATE it, but I didn't expect to like it. For some, totally unknown, reason I was drawn to 'Being Human' (American version) one day. It just happened to be noon on a Sunday and something told me to go to the Sy Fy channel right at that time. They were playing a marathon of S01. Watched the whole thing and loved it. Well, by E03 I set up the rest to record but I watched it all within a few days.

I don't watch any of the vampire-type shows as I'm probably just not in that demographic (being older and all, I guess). But I love this show and I love these characters.

I didn't actually expect to HATE it, but I didn't expect to like it. For some, totally unknown, reason I was drawn to 'Being Human' (American version) one day. It just happened to be noon on a Sunday and something told me to go to the Sy Fy channel right at that time. They were playing a marathon of S01. Watched the whole thing and loved it. Well, by E03 I set up the rest to record but I watched it all within a few days.

I don't watch any of the vampire-type shows as I'm probably just not in that demographic (being older and all, I guess). But I love this show and I love these characters.

I had the opposite happen. I really wanted to like Being Human, but I found it to be boring and predictable. The actors played their parts in a very flat fashion, and everything seems way too contrived. I'm going to try the British one to see if it's any better.

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I had the opposite happen. I really wanted to like Being Human, but I found it to be boring and predictable. The actors played their parts in a very flat fashion, and everything seems way too contrived. I'm going to try the British one to see if it's any better.

I heard that the Brit version started out really well but went flat. YMMV, though!

I expected to hate Game of Thrones and Once Upon a Time and didn't watch either of them until they were well into it and only then because of all the raves in various threads here. Now they are two of my favorites so I'm so glad I gave them a chance.
I also expected to maybe not hate but only tolerate Vampire Diaries and only tuned in for Ian but it's also one of my favorites.

Oh and the US version of the Office. I was against it from the start, but tuned in once people at work were talking about it.

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